CHAPTER 399b
SWIMMING POOL CONTRACTORS

Sec. 20-417aa. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and
effective date.) Swimming pool maintenance and repair work. Limited licenses.
Regulations. *(a) As used in this section, "swimming pool maintenance and repair
work" means the performance of all plumbing, heating and electrical work necessary
to service, modify or repair any swimming pool, hot tub, spa or similar recreational or
therapeutic equipment, where such work commences at an outlet, receptacle, connection, back-flow preventor or fuel supply pipe previously installed by a person holding
the proper license. "Swimming pool maintenance and repair work" includes: (1) The
renovation or repair of nonpotable water components of a pool, hot tub or spa, including,
but not limited to, the shell, concrete finish or vinyl liner of such pool, hot tub or spa;
and (2) the draining, acid washing or backwash filtration of a swimming pool. The
renovation or repair of nonpotable water components of a pool, hot tub or spa required
to be installed, renovated or repaired by a licensed plumber or electrician shall not be
considered swimming pool maintenance and repair work. The holder of a limited license
for swimming pool maintenance and repair work issued pursuant to this section shall
not be subject to the provisions of chapter 400, provided such license holder is acting
within the scope of the license.

(b) On or after July 1, 2000, the following limited licenses for swimming pool
maintenance and repair work may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection
upon authorization of the Plumbing and Piping Work Board established under the provisions of section 20-331: A limited swimming pool maintenance and repair contractor's
license and a limited swimming pool maintenance and repair journeyman's license.

(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of
the Plumbing and Piping Work Board, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section, including establishing the amount and type of experience and training required to qualify an applicant for
an examination for any limited license for swimming pool maintenance and repair work.

(d) Any person engaged in swimming pool maintenance and repair work prior to
July 1, 1999, may apply to the Department of Consumer Protection for the appropriate
limited license and such license shall be issued without examination upon demonstration
by the applicant of experience and training equivalent to the experience and training
required to qualify for examination for the appropriate limited license, if such applicant
makes such application to the department not later than January 1, 2006.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2012, subsection (a) of this section, as amended by section
3 of public act 11-81, is to read as follows:

"(a) As used in this section, "swimming pool maintenance and repair work" means the
performance of all plumbing, heating and electrical work necessary to service, modify or
repair any swimming pool, hot tub, spa or similar recreational or therapeutic equipment,
where such work commences at an outlet, receptacle, connection, back-flow preventor
or fuel supply pipe previously installed by a person holding the proper license. "Swimming pool maintenance and repair work" includes: (1) The renovation or repair of nonpotable water components of a pool, hot tub or spa, including, but not limited to, the shell,
tiling and coping, concrete finish or vinyl liner of such pool, hot tub or spa; and (2) the
draining, acid washing or backwash filtration of a swimming pool. The renovation or
repair of nonpotable water components of a pool, hot tub or spa required to be installed,
renovated or repaired by a licensed plumber or electrician shall not be considered swimming pool maintenance and repair work. The holder of a limited license for swimming
pool maintenance and repair work issued pursuant to this section shall not be subject
to the provisions of chapter 400, provided such license holder is acting within the scope
of the license."